Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rooting_reflex

1 sense of rooting reflex

Sense 1
rooting reflex -- (reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek)
       => reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction -- (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)